Beverley

Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist

I qualified in 2006 and have over 15 years’ experience working as a Specialist Children’s Occupational Therapist for the NHS providing input to children and young people across clinic, mainstream and special schools.

My specialist areas include working with children and young people with autism, ADHD and co-ordination disorders (DCD/dyspraxia) to help them thrive in activities that are important to them at home and school. I have post-graduate training in sensory integration and use sensory-based approaches to support self-regulation and occupational performance alongside participation-focussed interventions such as CO-OP and Occupational Performance Coaching.

I have specialist skills in treating children and young people with complex symptomology including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME), functional neurological disorders and chronic pain and am particularly interested in working with children and young people whose sensory processing manifests as anxiety, presenting barriers to learning and participation.

Qualifications and accreditations

  • PG Dip Occupational Therapy: Brighton University

  • BA Hons History (First class): University of the West of England

  • MSc Paediatrics and Child Health: Brighton and Sussex Medical School (completed modules in Autism and Anxiety in School; DCD in Adolescents; Chronic Pain in Children and Young People

  • MSc module Best Practice in DCD with Adolescents: Brighton University

  • Post-graduate training in Ayres’ Sensory Integration: Sensory Integration Network

  • Sensory Ladders: ASI Wise

  • Sensory Integration for Mental Health and Wellbeing: ASI Wise

  • Accredited training in Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance (CO-OP) approach

  • Accredited training in Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC) approach

  • Trained in CBTi for Insomnia

  • Sleep Practitioner for the Sleep Charity

  • Member of HCPC, RCOT, RCOT SS CYPF